Chapter 16 - MY MARRIAGE TO A DEAD MAN
People treated Daniel like a saint after the trust scandal.
I refused.
He loved me.
He loved Keely.
He also withheld too much information while alive.
He knew his family structure was complicated.
He knew Shawna could be controlling.
He meant to fix it later.
Then he died.
Intentions are fragile.
I loved him.
I also wished he had told me:
There is a trust.
Mom has temporary authority.
Keely will have independent protections.
Here is the lawyer.
Here are the documents.
Simple.
No need for tragedy.
His silence did not cause Shawna’s abuse.
Still, it made me easier to isolate financially after his death.
I told Keely that when she was older.
Not at eight.
At sixteen.
“Dad knew?”
“Some.”
“Did he lie?”
“More like avoid.”
“That’s lying.”
“Sometimes.”
She frowned.
“I still love him.”
“Me too.”
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Good.
Love survives accuracy better than mythology.
